I appreciate everyone's patience. For those who have never done an inaugural progressive draft before, it takes a lot more work than preparing for a rookie draft. I wanted to give everyone a few days to plan their drafting strategy.

However, due to weather on the east coast, I share the concern that not everyone will be ready. In DC where I am, we got hit with 2 feet of snow yesterday. I have power, but not everyone in my area does. If at some point tomorrow it looks like we're missing several picks, I will reserve the right to pause the draft until we hear from everyone. Hopefully it won't come to that.

Oh well. Torre was the guy I was targeting with this pick. Since he's gone, and since nobody seems to want to trade up (and I don't blame them) I'll lock down the hot corner for the next dozen years or so with: